Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

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Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Background information
Also known as	Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden
Origin	Dresden, Germany
Genre(s)	Classical
Occupation(s)	Symphony orchestra
Years active	1548-present
Associated acts	Kleine Szene Sächsische Staatsoper SemperOper Ballett Staatsopern Chorus
Website	www.staatskapelle-dresden.de
Members
Music Director Fabio Luisi Conductor Laureate Colin Davis Composer in Residence Isabel Mundry
Former members
Founder Maurice, Prince Elector of Saxony

The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden) is an orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548. It is one of the world's oldest orchestras.

The orchestra has had many eminent chief conductors. In its early years, Heinrich Schütz was associated with it, and in the nineteenth century Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner were both principal conductors. In the twentieth century, Richard Strauss became closely associated with it, as both a conductor and a composer, with several of his works being premiered by the ensemble. Karl Böhm and Rudolf Kempe were also principal conductors.

Herbert Blomstedt was musical director of the Staatskapelle from 1975 to 1985. With them he recorded a complete cycle of Beethoven's nine symphonies.

Giuseppe Sinopoli was its principal conductor at the time of his death in 2001. In August 2002, Bernard Haitink took up the post, until his sudden resignation in 2004. In August 2007 Fabio Luisi began his tenure as principal conductor.

[edit] Principal conductors

1874-1877 Julius Rietz 1877-1884 Franz Wüllner 1884-1914 Ernst von Schuch 1914-1921 Fritz Reiner 1922-1933 Fritz Busch 1934-1943 Karl Böhm 1943-1944 Karl Elmendorff 1945-1950 Joseph Keilberth 1949-1953 Rudolf Kempe 1953-1955 Franz Konwitschny

1956-1958 Lovro von Matačić 1960-1964 Otmar Suitner 1964-1967 Kurt Sanderling 1966-1968 Martin Turnovský 1975-1985 Herbert Blomstedt 1985-1990 Hans Vonk 1992-2001 Giuseppe Sinopoli 2002-2004 Bernard Haitink 2007-present Fabio Luisi

[edit] External links

• Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden website
• Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden at Allmusic

v • d • e Dresden Staatskapelle Principal Conductors Julius Rietz (1874) · Franz Wüllner (1877) · Ernst von Schuch (1884) · Fritz Reiner (1914) · Fritz Busch (1922) · Karl Böhm (1934) · Karl Elmendorff (1943) · Joseph Keilberth (1945) · Rudolf Kempe (1949) · Franz Konwitschny (1953) · Lovro von Matačić (1956) · Otmar Suitner (1960) · Kurt Sanderling (1964) · Martin Turnovský (1966) · Herbert Blomstedt (1975) · Hans Vonk (1985) · Giuseppe Sinopoli (1992) · Bernard Haitink (2002) · Fabio Luisi (2007)